Table 4.
Time from symptom onset to seeking first treatment in relation to care providers and age groups, Adami Tulu district, 2003
| No. of days between onset of symptom and seeking first treatment | Total | |||
| ≤1 day, n (%) | 2 days, n (%) | ≥3 days, n (%) | ||
| Care providera | ||||
| Public health facilityb | 36 (9) | 148 (37) | 219 (54) | 403 |
| Private clinic | 35 (12) | 109 (37) | 150 (51) | 294 |
| CHWc | 82 (14) | 254 (44) | 245 (42) | 581 |
| Home treatment | 17 (36) | 17 (36) | 13 (28) | 47 |
| Age groupa | ||||
| <5 years | 29 (13) | 93 (41) | 103 (46) | 225 |
| 5–14 years | 54 ((12) | 172 (39) | 220 (49) | 446 |
| ≥15 years | 87 (13) | 263 (40) | 304 (47) | 654 |
| All | 170 (13) | 528 (40) | 627 (47) | 1325 |
a Initial visits to drug shops or traditional healers excluded from analysis due to small number (n = 23).
b Health post, health station, health center, malaria control laboratory, and hospital.
c Community Health Worker.